Verona, Cedar Grove school districts to receive the same state aid as last year

By Maria Karidis

Managing Editor |

Verona-Cedar Grove Times

Verona and Cedar Grove public schools will see the same amount of state aid this year that they saw last, according to the office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The Verona district will receive $843,727 and Cedar Grove, $723,287.

"I'm thankful for what we got. More would have been nice, but at least we didn't get less," Cedar Grove Board of Education President Frank Mandala said.

Verona's board President, John Quattrocchi, was not immediately available for comment.

No public school district in Essex County will receive less than it did last year. And, of the county's 22 districts, five are slotted for an increase - the more urban Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Irvington and Orange. Newark, however, is an exception in that category, as it is slotted for the same aid it received last year - $714,315,679.

The distribution in aid to some other area school districts is as follows:

Verona, Cedar Grove school districts to receive the same state aid as last year

Verona and Cedar Grove public schools will see the same amount of state aid this year that they saw last, according to the office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The Verona district will receive $843,727 and Cedar Grove, $723,287.

"I'm thankful for what we got. More would have been nice, but at least we didn't get less," Cedar Grove Board of Education President Frank Mandala said.

Verona's board President, John Quattrocchi, was not immediately available for comment.

No public school district in Essex County will receive less than it did last year. And, of the county's 22 districts, five are slotted for an increase - the more urban Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Irvington and Orange. Newark, however, is an exception in that category, as it is slotted for the same aid it received last year - $714,315,679.

The distribution in aid to some other area school districts is as follows: